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Wall Street Journal:
Attorney General Barr, Berman at Odds Over Letter Criticizing New York City Mayor — Geoffrey Berman, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, refused to sign letter criticizing Mayor de Blasio for enforcing social-distancing rules to block religious gatherings but not protests
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House Judiciary prepares to subpoena Attorney General Bill Barr — House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) is preparing to subpoena Attorney General Bill Barr for his testimony on July 2, a committee spokesperson confirmed to Axios. — Why it matters: The expected subpoena comes …
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CNN:
White House admits Trump was involved in firing of top US attorney after Trump claimed he wasn't — (CNN)The White House on Monday admitted that President Donald Trump was involved in the removal of US Attorney Geoffrey Berman after Trump had claimed he was “not involved” in the process this weekend.
Joyce White Vance / TIME:
Americans Need to Know the Truth About William Barr's Friday Night Massacre. We Can't Afford to Wait
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Judiciary panel preparing to subpoena Barr
U.S. Department of Justice:
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider …
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider …
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Associated Press
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
After Trump fires Manhattan U.S. attorney, some Senate Republicans respond with a shrug
After Trump fires Manhattan U.S. attorney, some Senate Republicans respond with a shrug
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The unraveling of the rule of law under Trump is picking up speed
The unraveling of the rule of law under Trump is picking up speed
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, Politico and New York Times
Washington Post:
Trump increasingly preoccupied with defending his physical and mental health — The early June meeting in the Cabinet Room was intended as a general update on President Trump's reelection campaign, but the president had other topics on his mind. — Trump had taken a cognitive screening test …
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Detroit Free Press:
Sources: U-M to withdraw from hosting October presidential debate — The University of Michigan is withdrawing from hosting a presidential debate between Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, sources told the Detroit Free Press. The official announcement is expected to come Tuesday.
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Mike Pence and his wife Karen voted by mail in April from a mansion they haven't lived in for four years — Vice President Mike Pence and his wife mailed in their ballots for Indiana's June GOP primary, according to a copy of the state's voter files obtained by Insider.
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Barring a landslide, what's probably not coming on Nov. 3? A result in the race for the White House. — After voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada went to the polls this month, some races hung in the balance for days as election officials waded through thousands of absentee ballots.
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Associated Press:
Trump Rails Against Mail Voting. His Aides Have Embraced It
Trump Rails Against Mail Voting. His Aides Have Embraced It
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
With unsubstantiated claim, Trump sows doubt on US election
With unsubstantiated claim, Trump sows doubt on US election
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Brad Really S—t the Bed Saturday Night”: After Tulsa Catastrophe, Parscale—And Kushner—Is at the Top of Trump's Hit List — Trump is pondering putting Kushner antagonists atop the campaign—"We can't allow Jared's stupid disagreements to get in the way," he said—but the problem is likely at the top.
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ABC News:
After Trump's dismal return rally, finger pointing, blame game intensifies — The Trump campaign is increasingly worried about next steps. — It was supposed to be the great return for President Donald Trump to the campaign trail Saturday night with a “mega rally” in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump's anger over Tulsa rally underscores growing problems within his campaign
Trump's anger over Tulsa rally underscores growing problems within his campaign
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Mediaite
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Trump rally gives Fox News largest Saturday night audience in its history
Trump rally gives Fox News largest Saturday night audience in its history
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Secret Service tells press to leave White House grounds in highly unusual move — (CNN)The US Secret Service on Monday evening told members of the White House press corps to immediately leave the White House grounds, a highly unusual decision that did not immediately come with an explanation.
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Washington Post:
D.C. police, protesters skirmish over removal of tents near White House — D.C. police and protesters engaged in a skirmish Monday afternoon as city officials attempted to clear out tents erected on a street near the White House as part of a protest after the killing of George Floyd.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
White House fumbles its story on explaining testing ‘slow down’
White House fumbles its story on explaining testing ‘slow down’
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The American Independent, NBC News, Axios and ABC News
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump opens door to another round of stimulus checks, direct deposits
Trump opens door to another round of stimulus checks, direct deposits
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KFOR-TV, The US Sun, One America News Network, New York Post and Breitbart
Justice News:
U.S. Army Soldier Charged With Terrorism Offenses For Planning Deadly Ambush On Service Members In His Unit — U.S. Army Private Ethan Melzer Sent Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Members of a Neo-Nazi Group in an Attempt to Facilitate a “Mass Casualty” Attack on Melzer's Army Unit
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Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
How conspiracy theories about the NYPD Shake Shack ‘poisoning’ blew up — The three cops at the center of the NYPD milkshake “poisoning” scandal never even got sick, and there wasn't the slightest whiff of criminality from the get-go — but that didn't stop gung-ho brass from rolling …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, TMZ.com, Gothamist, Vanity Fair and Reason
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak — The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly disrupted Americans' livelihoods. Since March 2020, United States businesses and their workers …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive - State Department Torches Media for Comparing U.S. to Chinese Communist Party: ‘Have Never Experienced’ Anything Like This — The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a stinging rebuke of establishment media figures who attacked the Trump administration and falsely claimed …
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Adam Entous / New Yorker:
What Fiona Hill Learned in the White House — The senior fellow at Brookings and expert on modern Russia had hoped to guide the U.S.-Russia relationship. President Trump had other ideas. — The Brookings Institution is one of many think tanks in Washington, D.C., where scholars …
CBS News:
Top Trump fundraiser sought to cash in on valuable 3M masks — In early April, as U.S. supplies of N95 surgical masks were dwindling, President Trump took aim at 3M, America's biggest mask maker. — Mr. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, which authorized the head of FEMA to “acquire” any and all 3M N95s.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘Heroes, right?’ … Nobody wants to know about what I do. People might pay us lip service and say we're heroes, but our stories aren't the kind anyone actually wants to hear about. Kids in this country grow up with toy firetrucks, or maybe playing cops and robbers, but who dreams of becoming a paramedic?
The National Pulse:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-CNN ‘Reporters’ Now Work for The Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Outfit: CGTN — China Global Television Network, a registered foreign agent in the U.S. and integral outlet in the Chinese state-owned media landscape, employs several former CNN correspondents and anchors.
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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Bill Simmons Plays Defense on Diversity at The Ringer — A podcast episode on the recent protests increased staff complaints concerning the lack of diversity at his digital outlet, The Ringer. — Since leaving ESPN in 2015, the sports media pioneer Bill Simmons has notched a series of wins …
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
News Analysis: Joe Biden is no Hillary Clinton, and that's a problem for President Trump — Joe Biden is old. He has a paper trail reaching back half a century. He is, by his own admission, a “gaffe machine” who regularly trips over his own tongue. — He is not, however …
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Deadline:
Steve Bing Dies: Film Financier & Philanthropist Jumped From Century City Building, Authorities Say — Steve Bing, the film financier and philanthropist who backed hit movies from Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express and Beowulf to the Rolling Stones' Shine A Light concert movie, has died.
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